science of art

A short Introduction to Depth in Landscape Painting Are you a painter? A photographer? How do you work with distance and space? You’re welcome to share your own ideas in the comments, and please DO link back to examples! One … Read More

Hello, Welcome to the Online doppleganger of my solo exhibit “Aesthetic experiments”. If you live far away from Massachusetts or can’t or would rather not brave the near constant snow to head over to Byfield, enjoy the exhibit and supporting … Read More

I’ve completed a second experiment in stacked optics on a painting. This one is called “Cities of the Future“. I have photos from lots of different angles and even some video, because the lenses create so much movement and interesting … Read More

This is my latest drawing, inspired by more diagrams and hours spent peering through a microscope than I’d care to count. One of the areas of science that has always fascinated me is complex fluids. These are liquids which have … Read More

1. Introduction -drying oils and oil films Siccative oils are the drying oils used in artists’ oil based paints. If you paint with oils, you may have noticed that there are a large number of oils available. Some oils are … Read More

1. That slooow drying oil paint Oil paint can take a long time to dry. When it’s thinned with turpentine the turpentine evaporates quickly and the paint “dries”, but sometimes that layer can still be smudged. What is it about … Read More

Oil paint thinning and thickening When we mix up oil paint, we sometimes make it thinner using turpentine or solvent so the paint flows more easily. Sometimes we thicken the paint using wax or impasto medium so that the texture … Read More

Oil paint thinning and thickening When we mix up oil paint, we sometimes make it thinner using turpentine or solvent so the paint flows more easily. Sometimes we thicken the paint using wax or impasto medium so that the texture … Read More

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About The Nerdly Painter, Dr. Regina Valluzzi

Dr. Regina Valluzzi has an extensive scientific background in nanotechnology and biophysics. She explores abstract scientific concepts through complex
geometric paintings. Many of the subjects of her abstract drawings and paintings are taken from topics in Physics research. Soft Matter Physics and Biological Physics ideas are often seen, arising from Dr. Valluzzi's main area of research for many years. In addition to motifs and ideas drawn directly from molecular biology, biophysics, and nearby fields, her art often incorporates aspects of self-similarity, and elements from math and physics topics that have long held a fascination for her.

Her scientific accomplishments include over thirty articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, several patents, an encyclopedia chapter as a subject matter expert, and invited talks in the US, Europe, and Japan. She has been a scientist in the chemical industry, a green chemistry researcher, a research professor in the engineering school at Tufts, a start-up founder engaged in technology commercialization, a start-up and commercialization consultant, and a science-themed artist.

Dr. Valluzzi has always held a strong interest in the visual arts and in visual information, allowing visual arts ideas to permeate her technical work and vice versa. She was educated in Materials Science at MIT, obtaining a second B.S. degree in music with a minor in visual studies. During her PhD in Polymer Science and Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst she completed a thesis requiring advanced electron microscopy, image analysis, and theoretical data modeling. These experiences provided the visual insights and experiences that inform much of her work as an artist.